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“In Lexington, Ky., the planning department combined with the elderly affairs commission to address the need for more types of housing options,” said Mike Watson, director of Livable Communities at AARP.
“A goal was to amend city code to make it easier to
permit and build accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
The University of Kentucky College of Design used a
Community Challenge grant to fund a competition to create models of different
types of ADUs that were accessible [to people with disabilities].”
Watson said there was some opposition to adding housing,
but the ADUs had intergenerational appeal.
A series of community events showed why the ADUs were
needed.
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